On a day that was supposed to be sunny, there's only a hint of fading afternoon light showing in the southern sky as CN 595 slows to lift some cars from the Panolam plant at Martins before continu... (more)

With the tracks mostly cleared by the passage of CN 451 a couple of hours earlier 450's journey has been quite a bit easier since their meet at Novar. The damage to 2642's handrails, the result of... (more)

Got a big thumbs-up from 451's engineer today as he blasted the Domtar Road crossing at the south end of Martins siding. With 6 - 8" of fresh snow since the last train passed by yesterday, today's... (more)

CN 451 sets out loads at Huntsville along with GP9 4132, the power for the local roadswitcher returning from regular maintenance at Mac Yard in Vaughan (Toronto area). Dying on hours the crew will... (more)

After sustaining handrail damage on the lead unit in a collision with a downed tree about 30 miles south of here CN 451 sets out loads at Huntsville along with GP9 4132, the power for the local ro... (more)

Taking advantage of one of the very few sunny days to be had in these parts for the past few months, I headed out to catch a late-running 451 as it passed the Mile 144 CN Newmarket Sub marker on t... (more)

On Saturday Evening this locomotive and it's coaches will be all lit up to deliver kids to see Santa at Fairy Lake Station at the other end of the line. Today we came in to clear the line in prepa... (more)

In the fall of 2011 only one of the ex Rio Grande Ski Train F40s CN acquired to run their Agawa Canyon Tour Train had been repainted, the remaining two still in the bumble-bee yellow and black sch... (more)

Aspdin Road on the left looks rather barren at this point in time as CN 451 speeds by on a cold December day. With snow squalls raging around the area, pretty well everyone who had to get into tow... (more)

CN A45131-08 (running as L45131-08) screams past Mile 145 of the CN Newmarket Sub with traffic for Ontario Northland in North Bay, including a dimensional load a few cars back, that being a transf... (more)

Logging railways through the woods were inexpensive and impermanent by nature. Narrow gauge, light rail, widely spaced ties and more often than not, cobbled equipment was the norm in the latter 18... (more)

CP Track Evaluation train creeps across Penetanguishene Road at the north end of Craighurst Siding, which it will enter and inspect before continuing on to test Essa and Baxter sidings. Note the v... (more)

In 2011 ON North Bay Shops were contracted to refurb/repaint some Rocky Mountaineer dome cars, two of which are seen here tacked on the back of the southbound Northlander passing through Martins o... (more)

With autumn getting into gear 595 passes some typical Muskoka fall colors at Mile 144 of the Newmarket Sub, having just finished up switching the Panolam plant at Martins on its way home from Long... (more)

Detail shot of the nose plate on the Algonquin Park Logging Museum's old MLW 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive on display. Locomotive was manufactured "at Montreal for a contractor in Nova Scotia and a... (more)

I'd met Ray at a weekly local car show and asked him to stop by sometime to take some shots of his sweet 1950 Meteor with the Portage Flyer. He kindly obliged by showing up the very next day, so I... (more)

A CN stack train soars over Parry Sound Harbour on the 1,695' CP Trestle. Between Reynolds just south of Parry Sound, and Wanup just south of Sudbury, CN and CP operate directional running with no... (more)

The day following a severe storm a large maple tree was discovered laying across the tracks. A work team set out to clear the line before the first run of the day, but was unable to remove more of... (more)

Heavy thunderstorms kept the crowds away from today's last Portage Flyer run and soaked the ground, rails and our brakeman. However nothing dampened the spirits of the "Engineer for a Day" David,... (more)

CN 5613 and 2501 lead the first few cars of today's 451 past Huntsville Station for 595 to distribute around town. They’ve left the bulk of their train about a mile back on the far side of the Hig... (more)

Near the end of an otherwise dreary day the sun has finally decided to come out for a while before setting, illuminating this BC Rail unit in original paint. The "u" designation in the locomotive ... (more)

It's never easy to photograph narrow-gauge equipment at mid-day without getting obliterating shadows on the underframe parts of the locomotive, so when Steven the brakeman and I arrived at work th... (more)

595 rolls through the curves at Mile 144 of the CN Newmarket Sub on its return trip to Huntsville after switching the Panolam plant at Martins.There has been a dramatic increase in loads coming ou... (more)

Spring has returned to Muskoka (although you would never have known that yesterday) and along with it so has CN 4132, after a rather lengthy absence. Here it is approaching the Bethune Road crossi... (more)

A westbound GO commuter train speeds past the west end of Oakville Yard during the afternoon rush, led by cab car 252. Since there are few things less visually interesting than a cab-car leading a... (more)

Snow and freezing rain had coated the trees with a thick layer of white overnight, so I thought I'd head out and capture 595 in one last wintery shot for six months or so. By the time the train ap... (more)

CN 595 makes its way down familiar rails to Martins amid some heavy squall activity. 4136 spent about 10 years as the power for the Huntsville roadswitcher, but only returns briefly these days to ... (more)

Back under way after making a drop at Huntsville Yard 451 pulls out from under the Highway 11 overpass and heads for North Bay. The trailing engine is GP9 4132, the power for the Hunstville Roadsw... (more)

Yesterday it couldn't decide whether to drizzle rain or snow. It finally settled on snow in the early evening which continued off and on until the time of this photo, the resulting wet stuff stick... (more)

Yesterday it couldn't decide whether to drizzle rain or snow. It finally settled on snow in the early evening, which has continued off and on until now, the resulting wet stuff sticking to the tre... (more)

CN 2565 trailing GTW SD40-2 5930 leads a tardy , normally nocturnal 450 down the Newmarket Sub just before 8 AM. Catching a daylight 450 is not super rare, but rare enough that it comes as a welco... (more)

With CN 595 with the GP9 4132 working in the background the snow fighter does its stuff in the foreground as the Foreman in charge of the snow clearing operations seemingly floats above the main ... (more)

Looks almost like a posed shot, but in reality it's just two jobs juggling position on the same chunk of real estate. The snow fighter has pulled off the back track at Martins to allow 4132 in so ... (more)

After getting stuck behind this very long 451 at both the Domtar Road and Aspdin Road crossings on either side of Martins I had only a couple of miles to get ahead of him, which I finally did here... (more)